The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.

When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.

The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.